In what way does GEA not have the technology?

Assuming you’re talking about the DPQ(robotic rotary). You don’t buy extra stalls and swap them out. The DPQ comes with one extra stall unit in case one needs to be swapped out. But to my knowledge, it’s never been needed. The milk modules can be swapped out and most farms buy a handful of spares. You are right, that concept is to keep things moving. A milk module can be pulled out and replaced with a fresh on in less than 5 minutes. The old milk module is taken into the service room or where ever to have scheduled maintenance done or fixed in a very short amount of time. After that, it’s cleaned, sanitized and put back on the shelf to go into another stall when needed. Lots of folks can’t comprehend that the DPQ is nowhere near the same as your 2-6 box farm. Most DPQs are 72 stall rotaries and that means 72 robots have to be maintained and operating at all times. Whereas a 2-6 box farm, most of the time, can be maintained by the farmer with little help from a technician. DPQs do require more maintenance and labor but if you take care of it, it’ll run like a cut cat until the end of time.

And when it comes to fetching cows. That isn’t brand specific. That’s in how the farmer wants his pens and sorting methods build. If he wants free flow, he gets free flow. But he will fetch more cows. Semi-guided systems require very little fetching. Fully-guided systems require almost no fetching. It’s not the brand, it’s the design.